District JAIL Sheikhupura

History
The Punjab Prisons Department was established in 1854 for custody, control, care and correction (4 Cs) of prisoners confined in various Central, District and Special Jails in the province of Punjab and Dr. C. Hathaway was appointed as first Inspector General (IG).[9][10] The Prisons Act of 1894 (Act No.IX of 1894) was passed by the Governor-General of India in Council which received the assent of the Governor General on 22 March 1894. The District Jail Sialkot (Since 1865), District Jail Shahpur District Sargodha (Since 1873), District Jail Jhelum (Since 1854), District Jail Rajanpur (Since 1860), Borstal Institution & Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur (Since 1882), District Jail Multan (Since 1872), District Jail Faisalabad (Since 1873) and Central Jail Gujranwala (Since 1854) in Punjab province and District Jail (now Juvenile Jail) Dadu (Since 1774) in Sindh province were even functional long before passing of the Prisons Act in 1894.[11][12] At the time of independence, the Punjab province inherited 19 jails. Thirteen more jails have been constructed in the province after independence. At present, 32 jails are functioning in the Punjab province including nine Central Jails, 19 District Jails, two Borstal Institutions & Juvenile Jails, one Women's Jail and one Sub-jail.